KNG1

kininogen 1

Summary

This gene uses alternative splicing to generate two different proteins- high molecular weight kininogen (HMWK) and low molecular weight kininogen (LMWK). HMWK is essential for blood coagulation and assembly of the kallikrein-kinin system. Also, bradykinin, a peptide causing numerous physiological effects, is released from HMWK. Bradykinin also functions as an antimicrobial peptide with antibacterial and antifungal activity. In contrast to HMWK, LMWK is not involved in blood coagulation. Infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) reduces or depletes angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), which results in an increase in levels of des-Arg(9)-bradykinin, a bioactive metabolite of bradykinin that is associated with lung injury and inflammation. Three transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2020]

Known Variants84 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs37742923:186,433,574A/C——
rs104400563:186,433,822C/A——
rs104399703:186,433,932T/C——
rs104400573:186,434,108G/C——
rs1880960673:186,434,478C/Gupstream gene variant—
rs38066883:186,434,819T/Cupstream gene variant—
rs15791077193:186,435,247T/A—not provided
rs1455331843:186,435,401G/A—uncertain significance
rs3750591823:186,435,458A/C—uncertain significance
rs7668584713:186,435,462A/G—uncertain significance
rs1996082673:186,435,490G/A—likely benign
rs7552475333:186,435,493T/G—uncertain significance
rs1864095943:186,435,497T/G—uncertain significance
rs130953383:186,435,583T/Cintron variant—
rs18516653:186,436,398A/C——
rs50299803:186,437,944T/C—benign
rs24738756193:186,438,006T/A—pathogenic
rs26891973:186,438,346C/Tregulatory region variant—
rs24738790973:186,440,229A/T—uncertain significance
rs7727107073:186,440,242C/T—uncertain significance
rs14698593:186,440,243G/A—benign
rs3694218083:186,440,269C/T—likely benign
rs7772849433:186,440,293C/A—uncertain significance
rs7706091863:186,440,302T/G—uncertain significance
rs16569153:186,441,823A/T——
rs15791167633:186,442,906G/A—likely benign
rs21086230613:186,442,945C/G—uncertain significance
rs11755647403:186,442,973G/A—uncertain significance
rs1219181313:186,445,047C/Tstop gainedpathogenic
rs1441236483:186,445,048G/A—uncertain significance
rs23044563:186,445,052G/T—benign
rs7635353263:186,445,107C/G—uncertain significance
rs1910315423:186,446,737C/Tintron variant—
rs1855282453:186,446,854A/Gintron variant—
rs50300353:186,447,525G/Aintron variant—
rs50300443:186,449,122A/C——
rs9207525613:186,449,340G/A—uncertain significance
rs7495866283:186,449,364A/G—likely benign
rs7604232413:186,449,372T/G—uncertain significance
rs7614969083:186,449,379C/T—pathogenic
rs24738968273:186,449,388T/G—uncertain significance
rs2010057983:186,449,408C/T—likely benign
rs1503406943:186,449,421A/G—likely benign
rs5353536373:186,450,429T/G—uncertain significance
rs1475524873:186,450,441A/G—uncertain significance
rs11843074973:186,450,444T/A—uncertain significance
rs50300493:186,450,863T/Cintron variant—
rs46867993:186,451,236T/Cintron variant—
rs7104483:186,452,885A/Gintron variant—
rs50300623:186,454,180A/Cintron variant—
rs12908960203:186,456,892T/G—uncertain significance
rs7733716653:186,456,943C/G—uncertain significance
rs2006331843:186,456,969G/A—uncertain significance
rs3775941843:186,456,996G/A—pathogenic
rs5678190503:186,457,131C/T—likely benign
rs13014918903:186,457,148T/A—uncertain significance
rs7621836063:186,457,184A/G—uncertain significance
rs50300813:186,458,910G/Adownstream gene variant—
rs50300823:186,458,949A/T——
rs6980783:186,459,227A/Gdownstream gene variant—
rs7659335583:186,459,321T/A—pathogenic
rs7524119963:186,459,350C/T—pathogenic
rs15791318393:186,459,351G/T—uncertain significance
rs7561180243:186,459,356T/C—uncertain significance
rs24739132053:186,459,374A/G—uncertain significance
rs14012959263:186,459,387C/T—uncertain significance
rs3716216293:186,459,389G/A—uncertain significance
rs5533308953:186,459,419G/A—uncertain significance
rs7676316743:186,459,439T/C—likely benign
rs3767681103:186,459,465G/A—likely benign
rs2000559613:186,459,530C/T—uncertain significance
rs3771852253:186,459,589G/C—uncertain significance
rs7466889363:186,459,594G/T—uncertain significance
rs11887971503:186,459,615T/G—uncertain significance
rs13962274793:186,459,616C/T—likely benign
rs50300853:186,459,646A/G—benign
rs50300863:186,459,775C/T—benign
rs24739140973:186,459,803G/A—uncertain significance
rs13692533423:186,459,905C/G—pathogenic
rs7104463:186,459,927T/Cmissense variant—
rs24739145963:186,459,995T/A—uncertain significance
rs7601918863:186,460,031G/A—uncertain significance
rs764389383:186,461,524T/C—benign
rs7513710163:186,461,548C/T—uncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.